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For the Love of READING...

I remember at school we were given prescribed reading, we didn’t have a choice but to read those Shakepeare books from “Hamlet” to “King Lear” and lets not forget “Withering Heights” and wait for it… “The Great Gatsby” I must admit then I really only did it because I had to and it got me through English and I passed it. As I am writing this now I am thinking of how our kids today might feel the same being obligated to read the books they are given at school, I want to take a moment to introduce you to another point of view. I remember I LOVED Afrikaans as it was /is my mother tongue as I was born in Namibia so it came naturally and I didn’t need much motivation  to read my Afrikaans Voorgeskrewe boek, in fact I couldn’t wait to finish the book, I excelled in Afrikaans because I loved it so much and it was easy in my mind.

Question: How much more won’t our kids excel if we encourage a healthy habit of reading? I think our kids will excel in school in there reading, and other tasks…just a thought perhaps to ponder on.

When was the last time you took your child to the Library in our country South Africa the government offer that as a free service, there are no excuses if we want to invest in our children’s literacy all that is acquired of us is to avail ourselves as their parents and make time perhaps one hour on a Saturday morning to take them to the Library and encourage them to take one Afrikaans book, kids are allowed to take up to 7 books, that will keep them busy for two weeks and you mom and dad can read to them at night…Make it a FUN thing to do for them it will make a BIG difference...

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